Wise Choices for You & Your Family
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HOO’s CRAFTY
LAVA LAMP
EXPERIMENT
DIRECTIONS
To begin, color about 1/2 cup of water with food coloring. Take the Alka-
Seltzer tablets and break them into 2 or 3 pieces. Place them in a small
cup or container. Fill a glass about 3/4 full with vegetable oil. Then pour
in the colored water until the liquid in the cup is about 1-2 inches from the
top. The water and oil do not mix and the oil doesn’t change color because
the food coloring is water soluble. The Alka-Seltzer reacts with the water
to make bubbles of carbon dioxide. The bubbles attach themselves to the
blobs of colored water and bring them to the top of the glass. When the
bubbles pop, the blobs of colored water fall back to the bottom of the glass.
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SUPPLIES
Vegetable Oil
Water
Gel Food
coloring
Original Alka-
Seltzer tablets
Try this experiment with a few household supplies.
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